The Honourable Justice Zinat Ara | |
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জিনাত আরা | |
| Supreme Court Division of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 27 April 2003 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 March 1953 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Parent(s) | H.M.R. Siddiqui (father) Begum Ayesha Siddiqui (mother) |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Profession | Judge |
Zinat Ara (born March 15, 1953) is the third female judge in Bangladesh. [1] She is a former justice of the Appellate Division. She was the third female judge in the High Court Division and the second female judge in the Appellate Division. [2] [3] [4] In 2024, the interim government appointed her as the chairperson of the Law Commission. [5] [6] [7]
Ara was born on 15 March 1953. Her father's name is H.M.R. Siddiqui and mother's name is Begum Ayesha Siddiqui. She passed her LLB and LLM from University of Dhaka. [8] [9]
Ara was elevated as additional judge of the High Court Division on 27 April 2003 and appointed judge on 27 April 2005. [10] In 2007, 1st time in the history of the country's judiciary, Justice Zinat Ara and Justice Farah Mahbub the 2 female judges had conducted a division bench of the High Court in order to deliver justice to the people. [11] On 2 October 2024, the Yunus interim government appointed her as the chairperson of the Law Commission of Bangladesh. [5]